Wire-working machine.



No. 720,1 0. PATENTED FEB. 10, 1903 A. c. MILLS.

WIRE WORKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1902.

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ANSON C. MILLS, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

WIRE-WORKING MACHINE.

720,170, dated February 10. 1903. 7

Application filed September 22,1902. Serial No. 124,303. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANSON OvMILLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson, in the county ofJackson and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VVire-Working Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wire-working machines, and moreparticularly to improved means for Winding the ends of the transversewires of a fence around the longitudinal wires of the same, and adaptedto be used in a machine of the character shown and described in PatentNo. 698,533, to myself and George R. Lamb, dated April 29, 1902; and itsobject is to provide an automatic device operating'in conjunction withsuch wire-fence machine to Wind the ends of the transverse wires aroundthe upper and lower longitudinal wires of the fence and to provide thesame with certain new and useful features, hereinafter more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevationof a device embodying my invention shown with the parts in position tocommence winding the transverse wire. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thesame, taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thesame, and Fig. 4 an enlarged detail of the end of the winding member.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A represents a portion of the frameof the machine; B, ashaft of themachine on which a part of the machinery for making the fence ismounted, as shown in the patent referred to.

O is a grooved wheel rotating with the shaft B and having mountedthereon the winding mechanism by means of a suitable bracket E, securelyattached to the wheel 0 and rotatingtherewitli. InabearingDon thisbracket and located partially within a recess in the rim of the wheel 0is mounted a short rotating shaft F, having on one end a suitablebeveled gear K, engaging a larger beveled gear L, said gears being soproportioned as to rotate the shaft F as many times to one revolution ofthe gear L as is desired to wind the transverse wire around thelongitudinal wire. This gear L is fixed on a shaft N, journaled in thebracket E, on which shaft is an intermittent pinion M, having a portionofits periphery adapted to engage the smooth surface R of anintermittent gear P, having a series of cogs Q, in a sufficient numberto rotate the pinion M one revolution. This gear P is held from rotatingby bolts 0, engaging the frame A. The shaft F is arranged with its axisin the plane of the groove in the wheel 0 and the bearing D, shaft F,and the beveled pinion K are slotted longitudinally, as at S, to permitthe wire to enter to the axis of the same. This wire I represents eitherthe upper or the lower longitudinal wire of the fence.

Jrepresents one of the transverse wires of the fence, and J indicatesthe manner in which it is wound around the Wire I, as hereinafterdescribed. To efiect this winding, the shaft F is provided on its endopposite to the pinion K with a lug Gat one side of its axis to engagethe Wire J and wind it around the wire I and a cam H at the other sideof the same to engage the wire J and move it Iongitudinally ofthe wireI.

The operation of my device is as follows: The wheel (3 revolves with theshaft B and carries the winding mechanism around the axis of the shaft,and during that part of the revolution where the wheel M is opposite theplane surface R of the gear P the shaft N does not rotate in thebracket. When the device reaches the position shown in Fig. 1, the wireI is in the slot S and in the axis of the shaft F, bearing D, and pinionK, and the wire J is engaged by the lug G. At this point the teeth ofthe intermittent pinion M engage the teeth Q on the stationaryintermittent gear P, and the shaft N is rotated one revolution upon itsaxis, which in turn rotates shaft F, and thus winds the wire J aroundthe wire I. The camsurfaoe H pushes the coil backward away from the endof the shaft F to insure the spiral winding and the passage of the endof the lug G clear of the main portion ofthe wire J as it revolvesaround the wire I. The shaft F having made the required number ofrevolutions in this way stops with the slot S in the proper alinement torelease the wire I, and the operation is again repeated at eachrevolution of the wheel C. If desired to space the wires J a lessdistance apart than the circumference of the wheel 0, additional windingdevices, such as shown, may be attached to the wheel at properintervals, and thus an increased number of wires to each revolution ofthe wheel may be wound around the wire I as occasion requires.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with means for winding a wire around another wiresubstantially as described, a cam-surface on said means adapted toengage the wound wire and move it longitudinally of the other wire.

2. The combination of a shaft having a longitudinal slot extending toits axis to receive a longitudinal wire, a lug on the shaft to engage atransverse wire and wind the same around the longitudinal wire, a cam onthe shaft to engage the transverse wire and move it longitudinally ofthe longitudinal wire, and means for rotating the shaft.

3. The combination of a rotative wheel having a groove in its periphery,a shaft mounted on the periphery of the wheel and having a longitudinalslot in the plane of the groove, a lug and a cam on the end of the shaftand means for imparting intermittent, rotary motion to the shaft at eachrevolution of the wheel.

4. The combination of a rotative wheel having a groove and a recess inits periphery, a bracket fixed on the wheel, a shaft opposite the recessand journaled in the bracket, a beveled pinion and alug on theshaft,said bracket, shaft and pinion also having a longitudinal groovein the plane of the groove of the wheel, a bevel-gear engaging thepinion, a fixed intermittent gear near the wheel, and an intermittentpinion engaging the fixed gear and connected to the beveled gear tointermittently rotate the shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANSON O. MILLS.

Witnesses:

A. D. LA'IHROP, M. M. 000K.

